¹ Khona wabuye waqala ukufundisa ngaselwandle . Kwabuthana kuye isixuku esikhulu kakhulu , waze wangena emkhunjini , wahlala elwandle ; isixuku sonke sasisemhlabathini ngaselwandle. ² Wabafundisa okuningi ngemifanekiso; wathi kubo ekufundiseni kwakhe: ³ Lalelani; bhekani, kwaphuma umhlwanyeli ukuyohlwanyela. ⁴ Kwathi ekuhlwanyeleni kwakhe enye imbewu yawela ngasendleleni; kwafika izinyoni, zayidla zayiqeda. ⁵ Enye yawela edwaleni , lapho yayingenamhla bathi omningi khona ; yamila masinyane, ngokuba ingenamhlabathi ojulileyo. ⁶ Kwathi ukuba liphume ilanga , yahamuka; nangokuba ingenampande , yabuna. ⁷ Enye yawela emeveni; ameva akhula, ayiminyanisa, ayaze yathela isithelo. ⁸ Enye yawela emhlabathini omuhle ; yahluma, yakhula, yathela isithelo , yaveza ngamashumi amathathu, nangamashumi ayisithupha, nangekhulu. ⁹ Wayesethi: Onezindlebe zokuzwa makezwe. ¹⁰ Lapho esengasesitha , ababe naye kanye nabayishumi nambili bambuza ngale mifanekiso. ¹¹ Wathi kubo : Nina niphiwe i mfihlakalo yombuso kaNkulunkulu , kodwa abangaphandle benzelwa konke ngemifanekiso, ¹² ukuze ngokubona babone, bangabonisisi, nangokuzwa bezwe, bangaqondi, funa baphenduke, bathethelelwe. ¹³ Wayesethi kubo : Aniwazi lo mfanekiso ; pho, niyakuyazi kanjani yonke imifanekiso na? ¹⁴ Umhlwanyeli uhlwanyela izwi. ¹⁵ Abangasendleleni yilabo abathi lapho kuhlwanyelwa khona izwi , nanxa sebelizwile, kufike masinyane uSathane, alisuse izwi elihlwanyelwe kubo. ¹⁶ Kanjalo abahlwanyelwe edwaleni yilabo abathi sebelizwile izwi , balamukele masinyane ngokuthokoza; ¹⁷ kepha kabanampande phakathi kwabo , kodwa bahlala isikhashana nje , kuthi sekuvele ukuhlupheka nokuzingelwa ngenxa yezwi , bakhubeke masinyane. ¹⁸ Abanye bangabahlwanyelwe emeveni; yibo abalizwile izwi, ¹⁹ kepha iminako yal esi sikhathi , nokukhohlisa kwengcebo, nokunxanela ezinye izinto kungena kuliminyanise izwi, libe ngelingatheliyo. ²⁰ Nabahlwanyelwe emhlabathini omuhle yilabo abalizwa izwi , balamukele, bathele isithelo ngamashumi amathathu , nangamashumi ayisithupha , nangekhulu. ²¹ Wayesethi kubo : Imbala isibani siza ukuba sibekwe phansi kwesitsha nokuba phansi kombhede yini, singabekwa othini, na? ²² Ngokuba akukho okusithekileyo okungayikuhlalukiswa; akukho okuyisifuba okungayikuba sobala. ²³ Uma ekhona onezindlebe zokuzwa, makezwe. ²⁴ Wayesethi kubo : Qaphelani enikuzwayo ; ngaleso silinganiso enilinganisa ngaso nani niyakulinganiselwa ngaso, nenezelwe nina. ²⁵ Ngokuba onakho uyakuphiwa ; kepha ongenakho uyakwamukwa nalokho anakho. ²⁶ Wayesethi: Unjalo umbuso kaNkulunkulu ; unjengokuba umuntu ephonsa imbewu emhlabathini, ²⁷ alale, avuke ubusuku nemini, imibewu imile, ikhule, engazi ukuthi kanjani. ²⁸ Umhlabathi uthela isithelo ngokwawo , kuqala ikhaba , khona isikhwebu , besekuba yizinhlamvu ezipheleleyo esikhwetshini. ²⁹ Nxa sesivuthiwe i sithelo, afake masinyane isikela , ngokuba ukuvuna sekufikile. ³⁰ Wathi futhi : Siyakuwufanisa nani umbuso kaNkulunkulu ? Siyakuwuchaza ngamfanekiso muni na? ³¹ Unjengenhlamvu yesinaphi ethi , nxa ihlwanyelwe emhlabathini , incinyane kunazo zonke izimbewu ezisemhlabeni, ³² kodwa nxa isihlwanyelwe imila ibe nkulu kunazo zonke izilimo , ixhante amagatsha amakhulu, ukuze izinyoni zezulu zakhele emthunzini wawo. ³³ Walikhuluma izwi kubo ngemifanekiso eminingi enjalo njengamandla abo okuzwa; ³⁴ kodwa ngaphandle komfanekiso kakhulumanga kubo ; kepha sebebodwa wabachasisela abafundi bakhe konke. Ukuthuliswa kwesivunguvungu (Math. 8:23; Luk. 8:22) ³⁵ Ngalolo suku sekuhlwile, wathi kubo: Asiwele siye ngaphesheya. ³⁶ Base bemukisa isixuku , bahamba naye, njengalokho ebesemkhunjini ; kwakukhona neminye imikhumbi ihambisana naye. ³⁷ Kwase kuvuka isivunguvungu esikhulu somoya , amaza aphonseka phakathi emkhunjini, umkhumbi waze waqala ukugcwala. ³⁸ Kepha yena wayengasemuva emkhunjini elele esicamelweni; bamvusa, bathi kuye: Mfundisi, awunaki, nakuba sibhubha, na? ³⁹ Wayesevuka, wakhuza umoya , wathi kulo ulwandle : Thula, uthi du . Kwanqamuka umoya, kwaba khona ukuthula okukhulu. ⁴⁰ Wathi kubo : Yini ukuba nesabe kangaka na ? Yini ukuba ningabi nakukholwa na? ⁴¹ Besaba ngokwesaba okukhulu, bathi omunye komunye: Kanti lo ungubani , lokhu nomoya nolwandle kuyamlalela?